Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Acting

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Born 1910-11-02 · La Habana, Cuba

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo (November 2, 1910 – December 13, 1978) was a Cuban character actor best remembered for his numerous roles as eccentric businessmen. Married to actress Lupita Pallás, he was the father of famous comedian Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.

Acting credits

The Adventures of Pito Pérez poster
5.9

After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.

The Adventures of Pito Pérez

1957

No artwork available
6.3

Gloria sells dolls in benefit of UNICEF and is interested in putting on an international show. In a hotel in Acapulco the ranchero Javier, the Muslims Mustafa and Ali, the Brazilian Mr. Carioca and the charro José Lorenzo meet to carry out the project. Among the men there will be a series of entanglements to dispute the love of the young woman.

Acapulcan

1959

La mafia del crimen poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La mafia del crimen

1958

No artwork available
5.4

A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.

Póker de reinas

1960

The King of México poster
6.0

A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.

The King of México

1956

Báñame mi amor poster
6.0

A 1968 film.

Báñame mi amor

1968

El hombre del alazán poster
6.3

Professional gambler is getting old and jaded; his friends see him becoming a bad person and try to set him on a better path.

El hombre del alazán

1959

School for Tramps poster
8.0

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

School for Tramps

1955

El analfabeto poster
7.8

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

El analfabeto

1961

El secreto de mi mujer poster
5.6

A couple suffers marital crisis, because they cannot have children. The wife harbors a long kept secret that might doom the marriage.

El secreto de mi mujer

1955

Conqueror of the Moon poster
6.5

Called to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!

Conqueror of the Moon

1960

Mujeres engañadas poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mujeres engañadas

1961

Rapto al sol poster
6.2

An arrogant woman who owns a successful coffee company is abducted by the owner of some islands.

Rapto al sol

1956

Drop the Curtain poster
7.5

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

Drop the Curtain

1955

The Body Snatcher poster
5.9

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

The Body Snatcher

1957

The Innocent poster
7.0

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

The Innocent

1956

Estoy casado, ja, ja poster
4.6

Honeymooner has trouble adapting to the idea of consummating her marriage.

Estoy casado, ja, ja

1962

Una Movida Chueca poster
5.4

Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.

Una Movida Chueca

1956

La madrecita poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La madrecita

1974

Mi amorcito de Suecia poster
4.4

A failed marriage takes in a young niece while the wife tries to take away her inheritance.

Mi amorcito de Suecia

1974

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris poster
5.3

Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

1966

Mi mujer necesita marido poster
6.2

Diagnosed with a "Cleopatra complex", a married woman named Cora believes she is a femme fatale and invites three suitors to her vacation home.

Mi mujer necesita marido

1959

La vida tiene tres días poster
5.7

María dreams of going to the capital to study piano and begins exchanging letters with Alberto, a composer. He takes advantage of the situation by sending his family away so he can deceive María and make her fall in love with him.

La vida tiene tres días

1955

Historia de un abrigo de mink poster
4.6

Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.

Historia de un abrigo de mink

1955